I believe the water nipples are designed to have a maximum pressure of 1.5 KPa (aka 150mm of height) so you don't want a very big water tank feeding into the system without some sort of pressure reduction.

Since I'm using mains, which is typically 300-400KPa (30-40m "height"), I'm using a serious pressure reduction regulator.

An alternative would be to use a holding tank of some sort with float ball valve that sits 150mm above your chook nipple height, but this may need to be cleaned regularly to prevent any algae buildup within.

I "taught" three of the chickens how it worked. ie held their beaks up to it and pushed upwards to wet their beak. They automatically drank the squirt of water that came out. The "lesson" lasted about 3 minutes each.

After 2 days I removed the old drinking bowl and also observed the other untrained ones drinking from the nipples.

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